How Did Lester B Pearson Impact Canada

Lester Bowles Pearson was born in Newtonbrook, Toronto, in 1897. Pearson attended and teached at the university of Toronto. He was a pilot in world war 1 (Black, 67) and in 1952 he was president of the United Nations (Black, 67). Person was a member of parliament from 1946 to 1957 (Yasuda, 10) and was elected Prime Minister of Canada in 1963 (Yasuda, 10).Lester B Pearson made a positive lasting impact on Canada through his initiatives in peacekeeping, helping the underprivileged and bringing greater independence to Canada.

Lester B Pearson made a positive lasting impact on Canada when he changed the way Canadians fought wars by only entering wars in a peacekeeping role. Lester B pearson brought a peace keeping role to Canada by stopping a major war in the middle east (Black 67). The war was between France, Britain and Egypt versus the Soviets, over the Suez Canal (“Suez Crisis”). Egypt wanted Britain and France to leave or the Soviets would use nuclear action (“Suez Crisis”). Lester B Pearson requested that …show more content…
Pearson stopped a major war in the middle east giving Canada an identity as a peacekeeping nation and by doing this he was the first Canadian to win the nobel peace prize. Pearson helped the underprivileged, and made Canada a better country by creating free health care, education and old age assistance. Lester also made Canada more independent by giving the country their own flag and adding a military that is Canada’s alone. Lester B Pearson made a positive lasting impact on Canada through his initiatives in peacekeeping, helping the underprivileged and bringing greater independence to Canada. The decisions he made back then created an identity for Canada today. We are a country that is proud of its flag and that of its peacekeeping history. People want to live in Canada because of our health care systems and the freedoms we take for